Chapter Summaries

After seven years of seclusion, Wang Qingshan advanced to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment and learned that Wang Ruyan might have reached Core Formation. As Wang Qingjun returned to Azure Lotus Estate with young clansmen, Wang Ruyan began attempting Core Formation, and her family watched from a distance as the spiritual-energy vortex grew.

• Wang Qingshan emerged from seclusion after advancing to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment and asked Wang Qiuling about Peach Mountain and Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Qingjun escorted cultivation resources and young clansmen, including his son Wang Qiuyu, back to Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Qingjun opened the estate's protective formation and brought the returning cultivators into the lush mountain settlement.
• A Core Formation phenomenon appeared above Azure Lotus Estate, and Wang Changyue announced that Wang Ruyan was attempting Core Formation.
• Wang Qingkai directed the clansmen to evacuate while Wang Changsheng and his family watched from afar as the spiritual-energy vortex expanded.

Wang Ruyan formed her Golden Core and survived the Thunder Tribulation, officially advancing to the Core Formation Stage. Wang Changsheng announced that the Wang Family now had two Core Formation Cultivators, and the chapter ended with him asking Wang Qingjun about Qingshan.

• Wang Ruyan gathered spiritual qi, formed a Golden Core, and endured the pain of the process with the aid of a Jade Clarity Pill.
• Wang Ruyan used defensive formations and Mystic Treasure Embryos to withstand the Thunder Tribulation, then took its final lightning strike and survived.
• Wang Ruyan told Wang Changsheng that she had succeeded, and he urged her to rest before they held a Core Formation Celebration.
• Wang Changsheng announced to the clansmen that the Wang Family now had two Core Formation Cultivators, prompting them to cheer.
• Wang Qingkai sent people to distribute invitations to allied forces, while Wang Changsheng congratulated the younger clansmen and asked Wang Qingjun how Qingshan was doing.

Wang Changsheng considered the Wang Family’s future and promised to support Wang Qingyang’s grandson, while focusing on learning to refine Magic Treasures. Meanwhile, Wang Mingren reached the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment and visited Meng Tianzheng, hoping to build a connection as he sought a path to Core Formation.

• Wang Qingjun reported on clearing the swamp at Peach Mountain, and Wang Changsheng praised Wang Qingling’s work in the Beast Taming Court.
• Wang Changsheng decided that Mo Caiyun deserved help achieving Core Formation, then visited his aging son Wang Qingyang and promised to nurture Wang Youwang.
• Wang Changsheng chose to concentrate on refining Magic Treasures and began refining a piece of Spirit Wood with his Core Fire.
• After more than a decade of secluded cultivation, Wang Mingren reached the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment and decided to seek merit for a Core Formation Spiritual Object.
• Wang Mingren brought Spirit Wine to Meng Tianzheng at Subduing Dragon Valley and said he had come only to pay his respects.

Wang Mingren chose the dangerous Book of Life and Death assignment to earn Contribution Points and prepared to return to Taiyi Immortal Sect headquarters for training. Meanwhile, Wang Ruyan celebrated her Core Formation with the Wang Family, leaving Wang Huashan more confident about the Three Immortals Sect.

• Wang Mingren rejected the safer assignments and accepted the Book of Life and Death assignment, which required him to return to headquarters for a trial and training.
• Wang Mingren visited Leng Rumei, gave gifts to the Fire Phoenix Mountains' Core Formation Cultivators, and sent Ximen Feng a message promising to marry her after she formed her core.
• Wang Mingren sold a Tier 2 High Grade Puppet Beast, hosted a farewell banquet, and departed the Fire Phoenix Mountains aboard a Red Giant Boat half a month later.
• Wang Ruyan held her Core Formation Celebration at Azure Lotus Estate, where Wang Changsheng and the Wang Family welcomed congratulatory guests.
• Zhao Ningxiang reflected on her past choices and asked Wang Qingqing to bring Zhao Ziyu to her birthday, hoping to strengthen the Zhao Family's ties to the Wang Family.
• Wang Huashan joined Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan in a secluded courtyard and said her Core Formation had increased his confidence in the Three Immortals Sect.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan agreed to travel to the South Sea with Wang Huashan, then mourned their son Wang Qingyang’s death. After visiting Peach Mountain, they set out for Nine Sun Mountain to resolve a dispute over the Wang Family’s shops.

• Wang Huashan told Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan about his dangerous past in the South Sea, and they agreed to meet him at Chongyang Market in a year to travel together.
• Wang Qingyang died peacefully after asking his family to care for one another and urging Wang Youwang to reach Foundation Establishment.
• Half a month later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan held Wang Qingyang’s funeral, then led clansmen to Peach Mountain.
• Wang Qingshan welcomed Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan at Peach Mountain and asked Wang Changsheng to intervene in a dispute with the Chen Family and White Lotus Monastery over several shops.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left Peach Mountain for Nine Sun Mountain, while Wang Qingshan remained to oversee the mountain.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan visited the Chen Family, where Wang Changsheng challenged Chen Yunyue to a spar. Wang Changsheng revealed his Qian Yuan Wings and close-combat strength, and the battle remained unresolved as Chen Yunyue's Crimson Giant Eagle clashed with the Frost Cloud Bottle's white light.

• Chen Yunyue and Ye Rushe discussed reclaiming shops from other Immortal Cultivation Families while keeping opposition manageable.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived at the Chen Family, and Chen Yunyue realized the Wang Family now had two Core Formation Cultivators.
• Wang Changsheng challenged Chen Yunyue to a spar, and Chen Yunyue accepted despite their difference in cultivation levels.
• Chen Yunyue attacked with his Silver Jade Brush, but Wang Changsheng used the Qian Yuan Wings and Ruyi Profound Jade Staff to break through his attacks.
• Chen Yunyue summoned the Crimson Giant Eagle from his Red Feather Fan, and Wang Changsheng countered with the Frost Cloud Bottle, causing their attacks to collide in a burst of mist.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan established the Wang Family’s strength by visiting nearby Core Formation Cultivators, then traveled to Chongyang Market for its Grand Auction. There, they reunited with Wang Huashan and Huang Fugui, and Wang Huashan gave Wang Ruyan Spirit Stones to buy a Magic Treasure.

• Wang Changsheng and Chen Yunyue stopped their fight by mutual agreement, then Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left the Chen Family the next day.
• Over the next two months, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan fought several Core Formation Cultivators in nearby prefectures, spreading word that the Wang Family had two Core Formation Cultivators.
• Half a year later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived at Chongyang Market, learned a Grand Auction was approaching, and Wang Changsheng sold five Fire Attribute Magic Treasures for more than two million Spirit Stones.
• The next morning, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan met Wang Huashan at Drifting Cloud Residence and discovered Huang Fugui was with him.
• Huang Fugui left after receiving an urgent message, and Wang Huashan gave Wang Ruyan 30,000 Spirit Stones to buy a Magic Treasure at the auction.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan attended an auction where Wang Changsheng purchased several treasures, including the Mystic Moon Pipa and Golden Carp Shield. He ended by winning a Third-Order Talisman Master's manual that could help Wang Ruyan advance her talisman craft.

• Wang Ruyan accepted 30,000 Spirit Stones from Wang Huashan after he insisted she take them.
• Wang Changsheng won a Tier 3 Demon Beast hide for 65,000 Spirit Stones, then bought defensive talismans and the Mystic Moon Pipa at the auction.
• Wang Changsheng failed to win the Yellow Wind Banner and Third-Order Puppet Beast, but purchased the Golden Carp Shield for 750,000 Spirit Stones.
• A gold-robed elder offered Magic Treasures and a Talisman Manual to fund his bid, and Wang Changsheng won the manual for 120,000 Spirit Stones.
• Wang Ruyan checked the manual and confirmed it contained the promised Talisman Making Insights and Third Grade Talisman refining methods.

After the auction, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan refined their Magic Treasures and returned to the South Sea with Wang Huashan. They headed toward the Wood Dragon Pavilion to seek advice and territory, and ran into their old acquaintance Ye Lang along the way.

• Wang Changsheng watched a Central Plains imperial prince win the Scarlet Winged Golden Scale Tiger and several Third-Order Formations, while the Thunderstorm Talisman sold for 1.2 million Spirit Stones.
• Wang Changsheng gave Wang Huashan 100,000 Spirit Stones and said he and Wang Ruyan would refine their Magic Treasures before traveling to the South Sea.
• After nearly half a month, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan used a Teleportation Array to return to the South Sea and set out for the Wood Dragon Pavilion to meet Chen Yilong and ask about securing territory.
• Five days into their flight, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan encountered Ye Lang, now a Core Formation Layer 1 guest Elder of Yellow Dragon Island, traveling with a Blue-dressed Woman and Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to visit Ye Lang at Yellow Dragon Island, and the three travelers continued toward the Wood Dragon Pavilion.

Wang Changsheng asked Chen Yilong how the Wang Family could rent an island in the South Sea, and Chen explained the Cold Flame Sect’s requirements and offered to help. The visit also opened the possibility of obtaining Third-Order Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water through Chen’s friend, a Third Order Mid Grade Artifact Refiner.

• Chen Yue said she did not want to marry and wanted to stay with Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan visited Chen Yilong, and Wang Changsheng congratulated Chen Yue on reaching the Core Formation Stage.
• Wang Changsheng asked how to rent an island, and Chen Yilong explained the Cold Flame Sect’s rental rules and offered to introduce him to its Core Formation Cultivators.
• Chen Yilong said his friend possessed Third-Order Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water and promised to introduce Wang Changsheng to him.
• Sun Hongyu learned Wang Changsheng was an Artifact Refiner, and Chen Yilong revealed that he was nearing the Third Order and that his friend was a Third Order Mid Grade Artifact Refiner.

Wang Changsheng accompanied Chen Yilong to investigate a Beast Tide, only to learn it was a diversion while four Core Formation Cultivators attacked the Wood Dragon Pavilion. Chen Yilong, Sun Hongyu, and Wang Changsheng returned in time to drive the attackers off, leaving Wang Changsheng puzzled by how quickly they fled.

• Chen Yue left the pavilion after receiving an urgent signal, and Chen Yilong invited Wang Changsheng and the others to inspect an island attacked by Demon Beasts.
• Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu fought the Sea Demons while Wang Changsheng and the others held back, and Liu Feng reported that the beasts had suddenly attacked the island's formation.
• Sun Hongyu received Chen Yue's message that four Core Formation Cultivators were attacking the Wood Dragon Pavilion, and Chen Yilong asked Wang Changsheng for help.
• Wang Huashan agreed to guard the island with Wang Ruyan while Chen Yilong, Sun Hongyu, and Wang Changsheng hurried back to the pavilion.
• The four attackers fled when Chen Yilong returned, and he explained that they were Rogue Cultivators who would not risk fighting to the death.

Wang Changsheng and his companions helped Wood Dragon Pavilion repel an attack, then learned about the dangers and resources of the South Sea from Chen Yilong. After a month, they departed with a letter and a Sound Transmission Conch to seek Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, while Chen Yilong worried that the conflict between Yellow Dragon Island and the Cold Flame Sect would spread.

• Chen Yilong thanked Wang Changsheng and his companions for helping defend Wood Dragon Pavilion, rewarded them with Storage Pearls, and invited them to stay as a deterrent.
• Chen Yilong explained that Wood Dragon Pavilion suspected rival subordinate forces had arranged the attack, described the Cold Flame Sect’s limited intervention, and advised Wang Huashan on finding and hunting Demon Beasts.
• Wang Changsheng and his companions recognized that the pockmarked Core Formation Cultivator famed for hunting Demon Beasts was Huang Fugui.
• After a month at Wood Dragon Pavilion, Wang Changsheng and his companions prepared to leave, and Chen Yilong gave Wang Changsheng a personal letter and a Sound Transmission Conch to help him seek Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.
• Chen Yilong and Sun Hongyu watched them depart and worried that the conflict between Yellow Dragon Island and the Cold Flame Sect could draw in subordinate forces.

Wang Changsheng met Purple Moon Fairy to obtain Third-Order Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, and she offered him some in exchange for helping hunt an Infant Shriek Beast. After she shared detailed Artifact Refining advice, Wang Changsheng grew wary of her unusual enthusiasm.

• Huang Yuxu visited Purple Moon Fairy, gave her Third-Order Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, and invited her to Yellow Dragon Island for Yellow Dragon True Person’s birthday.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan arrived at Purple Bamboo Island with a letter from Chen Yilong, and Purple Moon Fairy confirmed their identities.
• Purple Moon Fairy told Wang Changsheng she would give him two hundred jin of diluted Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water if he helped her kill a Third-Order Mid-Grade Infant Shriek Beast, keeping only its Inner Core.
• Wang Changsheng agreed to the hunt and asked for a hundred jin of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water as a deposit.
• Purple Moon Fairy answered Wang Changsheng’s questions about refining Magic Treasures in detail, making him suspicious of her eagerness to help.

Wang Changsheng, Purple Moon Fairy, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan hunted two Infant Shriek Beasts on a remote island, but Purple Moon Fairy’s formation failed to hold them. The beasts broke free and attacked, leaving Wang Changsheng facing the mid-grade one as he swung his Ruyi Profound Jade Staff.

• Purple Moon Fairy gave Wang Changsheng Mystic Moon Netherwater, and Wang Changsheng set out with her, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan to hunt the Infant Shriek Beast.
• Purple Moon Fairy flew the group to a crescent-shaped island on her Golden Giant Eagle and set up a formation with Demon Luring Incense and bait.
• Two Infant Shriek Beasts emerged from the sea and attacked the formation, destroying a flock of Black Demon Birds with their Crimson Flame.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan attacked the beasts while Purple Moon Fairy reinforced the formation, but the Infant Shriek Beasts broke through.
• Purple Moon Fairy sent her Golden Giant Eagle against the wounded lower-grade beast as the mid-grade Infant Shriek Beast lunged at Wang Changsheng, who raised his Ruyi Profound Jade Staff to strike it.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Huashan, and Purple Moon Fairy fought two Infant Shriek Beasts, whose intelligence and shifting targets raised Wang Changsheng’s suspicions. One beast escaped into the sea, and the other fled as the battle ended, leaving Wang Changsheng to ask Purple Moon Fairy whether someone was controlling them.

• The Infant Shriek Beast targeted Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, but their attacks and defenses kept it from swallowing either of them.
• The beast repeatedly pursued Wang Ruyan, resisting the group’s attacks with its tough hide and agile flight.
• When the Infant Shriek Beast stunned Wang Ruyan and lunged at her, Wang Changsheng struck it with Spirit Severing Palm and a giant staff, injuring it.
• The injured Infant Shriek Beast spewed fire and escaped into the sea, while the other beast also fled from Purple Moon Fairy.
• Wang Ruyan confirmed she was unharmed, and Wang Changsheng asked Purple Moon Fairy why the beasts seemed to change targets as if controlled.

Wang Changsheng confronted Purple Moon Fairy over the Infant Shriek Beast’s attack on Wang Ruyan and refused her invitation to Purple Bamboo Island. Purple Moon Fairy later revealed that she had been testing him for the Kui Water True Scripture, while her great-granduncle reported the beast had survived his Spirit Severing Palm.

• Wang Changsheng suspected Purple Moon Fairy had arranged the attacks to test him and demanded an explanation for the faulty formation.
• Purple Moon Fairy summoned two third order mid grade Puppet Beasts, then offered Wang Changsheng two hundred pounds of diluted Mystic Moon Netherwater as an apology.
• Wang Ruyan warned Wang Changsheng that Purple Moon Fairy might be plotting against them, and he declined her invitation to Purple Bamboo Island.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan flew away, while Purple Moon Fairy muttered that she had found another one.
• Purple Moon Fairy returned to Purple Bamboo Island, where her great-granduncle said Wang Changsheng's Spirit Severing Palm had seriously injured the Infant Shriek Beast and asked whether Wang Changsheng had refused to return with her.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan suspected that Purple Moon Fairy had recognized the Kui Water True Scripture, while Purple Moon Fairy and the Red-Robed Elder discussed the Townsea Sect’s lost legacy and their plans. The chapter left Wang Ruyan weighing why Purple Moon Fairy might recognize Wang Changsheng’s cultivation art.

• Purple Moon Fairy questioned why Wang Changsheng had delayed using the Spirit Severing Palm, and the Red-Robed Elder explained the Townsea Sect’s destruction, its three techniques, and the pursuit of its surviving disciples.
• Purple Moon Fairy reassured the Red-Robed Elder that they might obtain the Earth Flame Jade Marrow and help him reach the Nascent Soul Realm, then said she would investigate Wang Changsheng through Chen Yilong.
• The Red-Robed Elder warned Purple Moon Fairy not to approach Chen Yilong because his wife might have noticed something and the Sun Moon Palace still offered a five-million-Spirit-Stone reward.
• Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Huashan arrived at Skysea Market, where Wang Huashan left the couple to rest and make plans.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan that the Infant Shriek Beast’s attacks suggested Purple Moon Fairy had recognized his cultivation art, which his ancestor had warned him not to use in the South Sea.
• Wang Ruyan proposed that Purple Moon Fairy might recognize the Kui Water True Scripture because she practiced it, belonged to its originating sect, or wanted to claim a bounty on its practitioners.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan discovered that the Kui Water True Scripture might have come from the destroyed Townsea Sect, whose disciples were hunted by the powerful Sun Moon Palace. To avoid drawing attention, they decided to leave the Coral Sea Region and traveled to the Five Dragons Sea Region, while Wang Huashan parted ways with them.

• Wang Ruyan reasoned that Purple Moon Fairy might have belonged to a surviving remnant of a wanted sect, so Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan searched bookstores for clues.
• Wang Changsheng found a permanent Wanted Notice naming the Townsea Sect and its leaders, and he and Wang Ruyan suspected the Kui Water True Scripture had originated there.
• Wang Ruyan warned Wang Changsheng to avoid using techniques from the Kui Water True Scripture, and they agreed to leave the Coral Sea Region until he became stronger.
• Wang Huashan announced that he would cultivate alone, accepted tens of thousands of Spirit Stones from Wang Changsheng, and urged the couple to stay safe.
• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan entered a Teleportation Array bound for the Five Dragons Sea Region.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan hunted for a third-grade Demon Beast in the Five Dragons Sea Region, but their bait drew only vultures. Meanwhile, Wang Qingshan set out for Chongyang Academy’s Dao Discussion Assembly, where visitors from the Central Plains discussed the differences between their region and the Eastern Wasteland.

• Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan laid out Azure Fish Demon corpses and concealed themselves to lure a Jade-Eyed Flame Crab, but it did not appear after five days.
• Wang Changsheng killed the vultures attracted by the bait, and he and Wang Ruyan left for another hunting location after a second wait also failed.
• Wang Mingren asked Wang Qingkai where Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan had gone, and Wang Qingkai suggested he visit Peach Mountain to find Wang Qingshan.
• Wang Qingshan agreed to attend Chongyang Academy’s Dao Discussion Assembly and left Peach Mountain with several members of the Lineage.
• At Green Deer Mountain, Princess Yong'an criticized the Eastern Wasteland in conversation with Xu Zilin and Yuxuan, while Yuxuan apologized for her blunt remarks.

Xu Zilin and Princess Yong'an raised the stakes for the Dao Discussion Assembly, turning it into a contest between Chongyang Academy and the Great Yan Dynasty. At Green Deer Mountain, Wang Qingshan encountered Han Yuexin, whose persistent challenges had previously driven him into seclusion.

• Princess Yong'an criticized the Eastern Wasteland’s cultivators and offered Essence Gathering Spirit Liquid as a prize for first place in the Dao Discussion Assembly.
• Xu Zilin accepted her offer and promised that Chongyang Academy would also provide a Core Formation Spiritual Object, hoping to challenge the Great Yan Dynasty’s condescension.
• Princess Yong'an told the White-Robed Scholar that she wanted to prove the Central Plains superior, while he warned her not to damage ties with Chongyang Academy.
• Wang Qingshan brought six clansmen to Green Deer Mountain for the Dao Discussion Assembly and let them go watch a magical battle at an Arena.
• Han Yuexin greeted Wang Qingshan, who recalled how she had repeatedly sought him out after he defeated her and wondered whether Wang Qingjun’s invitation had been connected to her.